NimStage is the mini app for independent artists on Nimiq Pay: tickets, tracks, tips and memberships paid in NIM, straight to the artist's wallet. Your fans, your stage, your NIM. The big new thing: 🌱 Earn: stake your NIM. A new Earn screen lists Nimiq's official staking pools, ranked by reliability, with each pool's fee, payout style and schedule. You pick a pool, enter an amount (100 NIM minimum to start) and see a rough yearly figure after the pool's fee. It's labelled an estimate, never a promise. Plain notes explain where your NIM goes, that rewards vary, what can go wrong and that unstaking takes time. Artists get a shortcut in the Studio to put their earnings to work. NimStage never holds your NIM: you confirm every step in Nimiq Pay. And since the first version: 🖥 Works on every screen. It was phone-only. Now it works in a normal browser on tablets, laptops and big screens, with a side navigation rail and proper grids. 🔑 Sign in from a browser in seconds. The browser shows a short code, you approve it from Nimiq Pay on your phone, and you're in. No password, no email. You can also prove your address with one tiny on-chain transaction, and pay from a browser by sending NIM from any Nimiq wallet. 🔴 Live that feels like Instagram Live. Streams open full screen, with chat and reactions over the picture and a Tip button, for viewers and for the artist going live. Inside Nimiq Pay the camera or microphone isn't always available to mini apps, so artists get a simple "switch to your browser to go live" button. ⭐ Follow artists and see them first. A new For you row under the hero record shows live shows, upcoming shows, new tracks and posts from artists you follow. A banner tells you when one of them goes live, a dot on the Me tab marks what's new, and followed artists come first in Discover and Library.

November 11 marks the final day of Cycle 3 and the last cycle of the Nimiq Mini Apps Competition for now. We'll close out the cycle with our final Sip & Ship, featuring a Sip & Show session where builders can showcase their Mini Apps live. Here’s what’s happening: 🎥 Builders show their pre-recorded demo videos live during the call. 🎁 One lucky builder who registers to demo and attends live will win $25 USDC through a raffle. 🏆 The final Reply Guy/Girl winners of the cycle will be announced. 📅 Wednesday, November 11th at 10:00 AM ET (15:00 UTC) on Zoom Want to demo your Mini App? Register by commenting below with: 1. “I’m in!” 2. Your first name and Mini App name 3. Your 3–5 minute demo video attached directly to your comment Example: I’m in! Martin: “Punto” + [demo video attached] To be eligible for the raffle, make sure you: ✅ Have a finalized 3–5 minute demo video ready ✅ Complete the demo registration steps above ✅ Attend Sip & Ship #4 live on Zoom ℹ️ We’ll select a few builders to demo live and announce the lineup before the event. Even if you're not selected to present, you'll still be eligible for the raffle as long as you've registered and attend live. See you all on November 11th for the grand finale! 🎉

I built NimStage for the Nimiq Mini Apps Competition. It's a mini app for Nimiq Pay where independent musicians can sell tickets, tracks, tips and memberships, all paid in NIM. What it does - 🎧 Discover: a feed of live shows and fresh tracks, with a 3D hero record - 🎤 Artist pages: artwork, links, tracks and shows, in each artist's own accent colour - 💸 Tracks: hear a free 10-second preview, then buy the full track in one tap - 🔴 Live rooms: reactions, chat and tips, with tickets from 0 to 5 NIM - 🪪 Profiles: sign in with your wallet, then pick a @username, picture and banner - 🛠 Studio: artists schedule shows and watch payments verified on-chain Why I built it Many people never post themselves singing. They've built an image over the years, and unexpected musical talent could shatter it, so they stay quiet. A small, low-pressure stage matters for them. On NimStage your public identity is a @username you choose, not your wallet address. Indie producers and artists have a different problem. They often have just enough die-hard fans to keep going, but not enough revenue from the big platforms to make it last. Those fans would happily pay a small amount to support them, but collecting even that means signing up for yet another platform, and that is an obstacle in itself. NimStage removes that step. A fan taps once and pays a few NIM from the wallet they already have in Nimiq Pay. The artist is paid directly, with no platform fee in between. One thing to note: NimStage is designed and built for phones only, because that's where Nimiq Pay lives. I didn't design any desktop views. On a big screen you just get a single phone-width column. The layout is already built from simple, flexible blocks, desktop layout would be quick. It just wasn't the focus for this entry. ▶️ Demo video (81 s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W7IChLpXgc 📱 Try it: https://nimstage.onrender.com/ Feedback is welcome, especially from artists and from anyone who tries the payment flow in Nimiq Pay. Tell me what breaks and what you'd want next.

I'm Mahmood and I'm building NimStage for the Mini Apps Competition. The problem: Independent artists give up a big cut of every ticket, stream and fan subscription to platforms. Most of them make only a few cents per stream. The idea: - Artists schedule a ticketed premiere, sell tracks, and offer monthly fan memberships. The money goes straight to their own Nimiq wallet, with no platform fee. - Fans open a show in Nimiq Pay, hear a free preview, and unlock the full thing with one tap. They can tip during the show and chat with other ticket holders. - Supporters get every show and track from that artist, plus posts only they can read. Why it fits Nimiq: - Payments are feeless and fast, and each one carries a reference so the server can verify it on-chain before unlocking anything. - Wallet sign-in means there are no passwords or emails. - NimStage never holds anyone's money. Would love any suggestions!